Prince Walker: Tributes to 'wonderful' teenager killed in Moss Side

Prince Walker killed in Moss Side just days before he was set to turn 18-year-old

A teenage boy who was stabbed to death has been described by those who knew him as "wonderful, passionate, and a vocal activist" for young people.

Tributes have been paid to 17-year-old Prince Walker, who was killed on Raby Street in Moss Side last week.

His uncle, Kemoy Walker, said the family is "heartbroken" after the loss of the "polite young man".

Michelle Scanlon, a youth worker who knew Prince, said she was going to "miss him terribly".

No arrests have been made following his death, which officers at Greater Manchester Police are continuing to investigate.

"I loved the bones off Prince if I'm honest with you, he did call me his youth worker, I've known him for the past four years now," said Ms Scanlon, who works at Moss Side youth club Millennium Powerhouse.

"He was an advocate for his friends, he spoke to me about life, he spoke to me about society, his aspirations, and he spoke to me about youth issues, and what he had to say was articulate," she told BBC Radio Manchester.

Michelle Scanlon worked with Prince as a youth worker said she would miss him 'terribly'

There has been an outpouring of grief online following Prince's death, with many passing their condolences to his family and others calling for more to be done to tackle knife crime.

In a post on X, Mr Walker thanked everyone for their support after he "lost my nephew to knife crime", adding he would "miss him so much".

Ms Scanlon, who has spent more than 30 years working in Manchester, said Prince had a "lot of solutions for what's going wrong out there for young people".

She said: "People like Prince that hang about on the street, unless they talk to a youth worker, they never get a chance to be heard, they never get chance to speak about the issues that they're facing.

"I just want people to know he was a wonderful, passionate, vocal activist in his own way."

Lisa Davenport said she would always remember Prince's smile

Lisa Davenport, the youth club's chief executive officer, said staff were "devastated", and the community "need to take action after losing another young man".

She said more funding was needed to pay for detached youth workers like Ms Scanlon to go out into the community and support young people.